Nursing Mamas TTC in August - Page 7

[heatheresc]

Congrats on all the recent BFPs! That is so exciting!

We just got back from a lot of traveling, so I haven't been online much. CD 10 or 11, I think, still waiting to O...
 

[Chloe'sMama]

I am just checking back in here... so excited to see th bfp!!!! Congrats nstewart!!!!

[Blonhrt88]

Congrats ladies! Plz send baby dust!

I'll be testing this week, I'm trying o have self control and wait!

[Lidamama84]

For those of you who have babies who still wake to nurse at night, do you bother temping? I haven't so far, thinking that since my sleep is so interrupted (we cosleep), it would skew my numbers. What do you think? Also, do you use a BBT thermometer or just a regular armpit one? So far all I've been doing on FF is tracking my CM, since we're not TTC yet.

[Aunaturalmama]

Blonhrt- I tested on CD31 and had a BFN (although looking back I thought I saw a faint line but then thought I was crazy too - haha!) then rechecked on CD33 (&34 cuz I AM crazy). I think that by the time i got my BFP i was on 14 dpo. Sending you lots of baby dust!!!!

[Aunaturalmama]

I temped for a while even though babes nursed 2-3 times a night and never saw a spike in my temp.... But looking back. Think it was because I had such a messed up luteal phase and progesterone may have been low during LP. You could always try for a month and see. I used a digital thermometer that would measure to the tenth. Good luck!!

[MyName]

I don't temp. I wake up too often and I always just forget. Plus, I'm pretty in tune with my body and seem to be accurately able to pinpoint my O date without temping so I don't really see a reason to.

[NewMama2BBBoy]

Wow all those BFPs! Congrats ladies!

DS wakes once or twice each night to nurse and so far temping has worked out ok. I set my alarm for 3am since he usually wakes for first time just after that. If he wakes earlier I either temp right then before getting him or I reset my alarm for 3 hours from that time. I use a digital thermometer that measures 2 decimal places. I agree that it is worth trying for a month to see what happens.

CD18 here for me and no O yet. Waiting...and waiting... Last month LP was only 7 days so I was hopeful to see an increase but not looking good with such a late O again. :-/

[Lynann]

All the BFPs are encouraging. I'm 8DPO today and trying to convince myself that I need to wait another whole week to give AF time to show before I test.

If I didn't chart my temps I wouldn't know what was happening.

[nstewart]

Originally Posted by MyName 

I don't temp. I wake up too often and I always just forget. Plus, I'm pretty in tune with my body and seem to be accurately able to pinpoint my O date without temping so I don't really see a reason to.

This is the same for me.  DS is all over the place in terms of when he wakes up so it isn't like I could temp at a regular time without setting an alarm, which I wasn't willing to do (yet) as I cherish my sleep!  

Newmamma, try to have a quiet week, and go to bed an hour earlier than usual (if you can).  I know it sounds so simple but I really do think that just taking it easy CD 21-28 (or whatever 6 DPO until AF arrives is for you) can really help the LP/Progesterone level.  My naturopath was pretty insistant on this point and I have really felt a difference not just that week but the rest of the month in terms of energy, etc. from following such simple advice.

Good luck to everyone in the tww.

[LivingSky]

Lidamama: I temp even though we cosleep and DS wakes up 2-5 times every night. I have to get up at 6am to get ready for work so I temp then. My chart isn't pretty but the temp shift for O is still pretty clear.

[brogansmomma]

I'm temping too as an often co- sleeping, shift working mama. I'm temping vaginally as I've heard it's more forgiving of variations in wake time, etc. Also, temping while TTC is more forgiving than while TTA.

[NewMama2BBBoy]

Nstewart i'm willing to try just about anything, thank you. Last month I didn't O until CD19 and today is CD18 and another negative opk today. :-( I was hoping to continue nursing past DS first birthday, but if my LP stays so short I may not have a choice. I don't feel ready to quit, but we want to have another asap. I'll try to get to bed early and cross my fingers!

[MyName]

I just went and bought 20 digital OPK's. I think I'm only going to use OPK's this one cycle (they're expensive and we're on a budget) and if it doesn't happen this cycle, just go back to observing CM. I'm on CD 13 with still no EWCM or other fertility signs. :( I'm pretty sure I'm going to O late this cycle as I've been really stressed the past couple weeks. I need to

[nstewart]

NewMama, if continuing to nurse is important to you, how do you think just night weaning or just day weaning would go?  Just a thought...Once I had a good 12-13hr stretch w/o nursing, that is when things regulated themselves for me and I actually ovulated more "normally" (CD 15-18).  *edited to add that I think your short LP and your late ovulation are two separate issues, so what works for one may not fix the other. 

Good luck!

Edited by nstewart - 8/27/12 at 1:43pm

[Virginia884]

Originally Posted by MyName 

I just went and bought 20 digital OPK's. I think I'm only going to use OPK's this one cycle (they're expensive and we're on a budget) and if it doesn't happen this cycle, just go back to observing CM. I'm on CD 13 with still no EWCM or other fertility signs. :( I'm pretty sure I'm going to O late this cycle as I've been really stressed the past couple weeks. I need to

Have you look at early-pregnancy-tests.com? Cheap!!! (And I'm not affiliated in any way, shape, or form with this site... just use a LOT of OPKs)

[MyName]

Originally Posted by Virginia884 

Have you look at early-pregnancy-tests.com? Cheap!!! (And I'm not affiliated in any way, shape, or form with this site... just use a LOT of OPKs)

I just checked them out! If I don't get pregnant this cycle, I'm going to order a bunch from there! Hopefully I don't need to.

Next question, how do you tell the difference between semen and EWCM? I've read everything about it and even done the water trick. I seriously just cannot tell the difference. Does anybody else have this problem?

[Blonhrt88]

Aunaturalmama....that's good to know! Unfortunately though I caved and used it today! Which would have been 14 dpo. Not sure if I didn't actually ovulate or what. Kinda going crazy here! Think I might just take a break for a while of charting for now, and pick up later. Hubby is out of the country for the next month anyway

[Lidamama84]

Thanks for all your thoughts, ladies. Living sky, I am in the same boat as you as far as night waking goes . Last night I even told Ela that her "nummies" we're sleeping cause she WOULDN'T stop nursing...oh boy was she mad!!! Since we aren't temping to avoid, I think I will just start checking with the thermometer we have and go from there.

[AnkaJones]

Hi Ladies,

I haven't been around much, but I'm a little discouraged so I figured I'd check in.  First, to update, I'm trying to catch my first postpartum egg, nursing DS 13 mo.    My doctor gave me a progesterone challenge to see if I would bleed, but I didn't... I don't know whether it's because I'm underweight or nursing.  I alternate between thinking I should just wean, versus thinking I might have a more serious problem in which case this might be my last baby.

ugh.

Anka